Podcast Episodes

Families Are the Key to Building Alternatives to the State

From the perspective of the state, the ideal society is one composed of single parents raising a small number of children in irreligious households.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fami…

Published on 1 month ago

Thanksgiving: Celebrating the Birth of American Free Enterprise

In the wilderness of the New World, the Plymouth Pilgrims had progressed from the false dream of communism to the sound realism of capitalism.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/thanksgivi…

Published on 1 month ago

No, You're Not Hurting the Economy by Saving Money

As the economy worsens, expect to see more articles from legacy media about how saving money is actually bad for the economy. It's an old Keynesian myth.

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Published on 1 month ago

US Trade Deficits: Blame Nixon, Not China

Episode 8

Dr. Robert Murphy explains why America’s chronic trade deficits trace to Nixon’s 1971 gold exit—not China—and how a popular reading of Triffin’s “dilemma” confuses the issue.

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Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Tyranny of Phony Civil Rights

Episode 10

Dr. Wanjiru Njoya explains how “phony civil rights” expand state power at the expense of self-ownership and property, and offers a conservative-libertarian case for liberty rooted in reality.

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Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Crusoe: the Man, the Myth, the Legend

Episode 9

Dr. Jeffrey Herbener explains why “Crusoe economics” isn’t a caricature but the indispensable starting point for economics and liberty—built from action, property, and exchange.

Sponsored by Steven Be…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Interest Is Not the Marginal Product of Capital

Episode 527

Bob revisits capital and interest theory to show why the textbook result “interest = MPK” only holds in a one-good world, and why in actual markets the interest rate emerges from time, prices, and ca…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Seven Deadly Economic Sins

Episode 135

Mark Thornton traces seven headline “problems” back to one engine: monetary inflation. Drawing on Austrian insights, Mark explains how new money distorts prices and wages; why cheap credit spawns deb…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Minarchism: The Worst Kind of State Idolatry

Is minarchism an antidote for the growing statism and socialism infecting our body politic? Think of it as “statism lite.”

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/minarchism-worst-kind-state-id…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Jobs Numbers, Dick Cheney, and Thanksgiving Turkey

Episode 10

On this episode of Power & Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss the latest jobs number data, what it means for the affordability crisis, the legacy of Dick Cheney, and Thanksgiving favorites."

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago